Wingham Town railway station

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Wingham Town
Location
Location Wingham
Area Dover (district)
Operations
Pre-grouping East Kent Light Railway
Platforms 1
History
1920 Opened
30 October 1948 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z  
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Wingham Town station (TR 244 571 51°16′08″N 1°12′56″E / 51.268850, 1.215478) was a station on the East Kent Light Railway. It opened in 1920 and closed to passenger traffic on October 30 1948. There was a loop when the station first opened, but this was removed when the line was extended to Canterbury Road in 1925. Despite its name, Wingham is a village.[1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Wingham Colliery   1920 to 1925
East Kent Light Railway		   Terminus
Wingham Colliery   1925 to 31-12-1947
East Kent Light Railway		   Wingham (Canterbury Road)
Wingham Colliery   1-1-1948 to
30-10-1948
BR(S)
   Wingham (Canterbury Road)

[edit] References

  1. ^ East Kent Light Railway

[edit] Sources

  • Vic Mitchell, Keith Smith (1989). The East Kent Light Railway. Midhurst, Sussex, UK: Middleton Press. ISBN 0906520 61 4.